A volunteer security effort says it has scanned 150 Bitcoin repositories, disclosed more than a dozen vulnerabilities, and is building an open-source AI platform to automate software security reviews.
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) added $98.85 million on August 7, stretching their inflow streak to five straight trading days, while spot ether ETFs pulled in $49.60 million the same day for a fourth consecutive day of gains.
August 8, 2026, 4:30 pmThe spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds registered their third-strongest showing since October as institutional demand showed signs of renewed momentum.
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Crypto’s favorite buy-the-dip strategy failed to make money for Ethereum and Cardano investors who stuck with it since the start of 2022. An investor who placed $100 into Ethereum every month from January 2022 through August 2026 would have contributed $5,600 but ended up with about $4,898, a 12.5% loss, CryptoRank data showed.
The upcoming Bitcoin hard fork known as ECX will not launch all at once on Aug. 23. Instead, its creator says the rollout will happen in three separate stages stretched across more than two months. Paul Sztorc, the developer behind the Drivechain proposal and BIP 300, announced the change in an Aug. 7 update.
In an institutional bear market, a Bitcoin ETF redemption is almost aggressively boring. An investor sells shares, an authorized participant returns a large block to the trust, and the fund either pays cash or transfers BTC. Its assets shrink while the shares keep trading near net asset value and the custodian carries on.
Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas tied the run to the Coldcard wallet exploit, noting several Bitcoin funds have drawn inflows daily since the hack.
BIP-110 mandatory signaling begins today, putting block 961632 under a microscope as the risk of a blockchain split moves from theory to a live test. At the time of writing, the decisive block is expected to arrive roughly a hair less than eight hours from now.
The digital asset manager's CIO says large capital pools control up to $200 trillion globally, and just a 1% shift toward bitcoin could unlock massive long-term growth.
Crypto is growing up thanks to trading in real world assets, and Bitcoin will never dip below $60K again, says Nansen founder founder Alex Svanevik.
On March 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and most of the attention went straight to the grand idea: America had built a digital Fort Knox, the government would stop selling Bitcoin, and Washington could perhaps add more without charging taxpayers.
Bitcoin logged 2.27 million new wallets and 751,000 active wallets this week, its strongest onchain activity in months, as holders raced to move funds off Coldcard hardware wallets following a firmware exploit that has drained more than $116 million.
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